
X/st 
of 



inevolutionari/ 
Ooldiers 
of i^erwick. 






CompHed 
from the Records of the Tjown 

by 

u/. a). Spencer. 

IS9S. 




A List of 

REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 
OF BERWICK. 






Compiled 

from the Records of the Town 

by 

W/bf SPENCER. 






898. 



Oft 



Price, per Copy, JO Cents. 







Address, 

W. D. Spencer, 

Berwick, 

Maine. 



2 A Jv.3C> 



INTRODUCTION. 



Berwick is destiueil to be a place of historical interest. 
The mimber of persons tracing their family lines within its 
limits is surpiising, and it will not be deemed presumptuous to 
say, that there is hai'dly a person of ancient American descent 
in New England, who does not include in his ancestry the name 
of some settler or early resident of the original town of this 
name. To aid those who are making historical and genealogi- 
cal enquiries, this list of Revolutionary soldiers has been pre- 
pared from the town records. A tribute to the citizen soldiers 
of Berwick is the following: "To their everlasting honor be it 
said that they have furnished as many men, according to their 
number of inhabitants, as any town in the country. There are 
but a few ancient homesteads in the town, that are not honored 
by the grave of some Revolutionary soldier." 

During the Revolution two full companies were raised in 
Berwick. They were commanded by Captain Philip Hubbard 
and Daniel Wood. C<ip(ain Wood was soon after promoted to 
Major, and Ebenezer Sullivan, a brother of General John, suc- 
ceeded him in command. More than one hundred from the 
two companies were minute men, who were enlisted May 5, 
177"), and remained in the army throughout the entire struggle. 
The town sent sixteen soldiers to Dorchester Heights. 

The spirit of the times is well illustrated by a few short ex- 
tracts from the town books. Major Ichabod Goodwin, Junior^ 
was sent as the first delegate to the Provincial Congress and by 
him was presented the following petition : 

"To the Honorable, the Delegates of the Colony of Mas- 
sachusetts Bay in Provincial Congress at Watertown convened : 



The petition of tlie Freeholders and Inhabitants of the town of 
Berwick in the county of York in town meeting convened hum- 
bly showeth : That the harbors of York and Kittery within the 
said county lie open to our now known enemies and the lives 
and properties of the inhabitants thei'eof and the neighboring 
Towns along the sea coast exposed to the ravages and depreda- 
tions of the enemy and the remaining part of the inhabitants of 
this and the neighboring Towns labor under the disagreeable 
situation for a scant of arms and ammunition, of being incapa- 
ble to defend themselves, wives, children and properties should 
a descent be made by the King's troops on this coast, which 
they have the greatest reason to fear will inevitably be the 
cost. Your petitioners therefore humbly pray this Honorable 
House in their great wisdom to take the premises into consid- 
eration and that they would dispatch one or more of the com- 
panies in the service of the Colony in order to guard and defend 
this coast and enable them by raising more troops in the service 
of the Colony in some measure to defend themselves. Berwick, 
May 31, 1775." 

A later communication reads as follows: "The melan- 
choly state of this Province, of which this town is a part, calls 
upon us, the inhabitants, to declare our sentiments and show 
how they agree with those of our brethren in this and the 
neighboring colonies of North America, relating to the impro- 
prieties of the Parliament of Great Britain in taxing North 
America. But the distance we are from the metropolis of this 
Province, and the little acquaintance we have with the nature 
of the dispute, renders it needless for us to attempt to say much 
upon the subject ; yet as the cause is general we are in duty 
bound to declare our sentiments upon this important dispute, 
and so far as we understand it we join with our brothers in this 
and the neighboring colonies in opposing the operation of those 
late acts of the British Parliament subjecting any article sent 
here from Great Britain to pay a duty for raising a revenue iu 
North America, more especially that relative to East India 
teas, which we apprehend is unrighteous and unconstitutional, 

4 



and has a direct tendency to destroy this and all other colonies 
of North America ; and if the East India Company are 
permitted to send their teas and vend them here whilst they are 
subject to a duty to be paid in this Province, it will fully 
complete our ruin, and that speedily. We acknowledge and 
profess true and faithful allegiance to our faithful sovereign, 
King George the Third, and are willing at all times to risk our 
lives and fortunes in defence of his person and his family, but 
at the same time must earnestly contend for those rights and 
liberties we are entitled to by the laws of God, Nature, and the 
Constitution of this Province. Therefore, Resolved, That no 
power on earth hath any just right to impose taxes upon us but 
the great and general Court of this Province, and all others are 
unconstitutional and not to be submitted to. That the East 
India Company sending their teas and vending them subject to 
a duty to be paid here to raise a revenue, is a high infringe- 
ment upon the rights and liberties of this people, and has 
a direct tendency to complete our ruin. That we will at all 
times join with our brethren in all legal methods in opposing 
tbe East India Company in sending their teas here subject to a 
duty- That the thanks of this town be presented to the people 
of this and the neighboring colonies for their steady and 
resolute conduct in opposing the landing of tbe teas sent by ttie 
East India Company, and that we will at all times and by all 
legal and constitutional measures assist to the utmost of our 
power in opposing such impositions. That the thanks of this 
town be presented to the town of Boston for their timely notice 
sent to this town of their proceedings in town meeting relative 
to the East India Company sending their teas; asking the favor 
that upon like occasion they will again do the same, wishing 
that a union of sentiment may take place in this and every 
colony in North America, and that the proceedings of this 
meeting be recorded and a copy sent to the Committee of 
Correspondence in the town of Boston." 

July 1, 1776, the town instructed their representative that, 
"should the Honorable Congress for the safety of the colonies 



declare themselves independent of Great Britain, we, the 
inhabitants of Berwick, will solemnly engage with our lives and 
fortunes to support them in the measure." 

Berwick asked for a form of government that might "be 
most easy and plain to be understood by people of all denomi- 
nations whereby a line may be drawn that the Rulers and the 
Ruled may know their duty and that Tyranny on the one hand 
and Anarchy on the other hand may be avoided as much as 
possible." 

Such were the sentiments of those who staked their lives 
and px'operties in a struggle for liberty. Some of those who 
enlisted had seen actual service in Indian warfare and at the 
siege of Louisburg. At the beginning of the war all militia in 
town was mustered and an inventory taken of the arms and 
ammunition. Several times during the Revolution horsemen 
were sent to Andover, Massachusetts, for lead. Under the 
date of April 23, 1776, appears an order "to Freathy Spencer 
for twelve shillings, it being for his time a Running Bullets for 
this town;" a later order to John Abbott was for one day's 
work "running Bawls." Money was lavishly contributed by 
all patriots, both young and old, for soldiers' food, clothing 
and blankets. The enlisting took place at private houses. 
Jacob Shorey's house was used for this purpose in 1777. 

The town order book, from which the names of the sol- 
diers are taken, is very ancient and uninviting in appearance ; 
much of the writing is becoming illegible ; many of its pages 
are soiled and worn. 

In 1777 there were frequent calls for men for three years 
or during the war. This town's quota was thirty-five. Twenty- 
six names of those actually enrolled in the service are given 
here, and it would appear that the other nine were never sup- 
plied, on account, perhaps, of the large number already enlisted 
for shorter terms. Those who could not join for the whole 
time would enter the service for eight months. Captain Thomas 
Hodsdon's company served at Peekskill for this period, their 
time expiring January 1, 1778. There was a call for men to 



serve eight months, from April, 1778, 1o January 1, 1779, "to 
guard the passes of the Hudson." At the same time was a de- 
mand for soldiers to serve nine mouths in the resrular army at 
Providence. In 1779 there was an appeal for volunteers to 
ser\''e nine months at Springfield or six months at Providence 
until January 1, 1780. The later service is divided into two 
terms, one for six months "to the westward" (West Point and 
Peekskill), and one for three months 'Mo the eastward" (Cam- 
den and Falmouth), until January 1, 1781. 

Captain Philip Hubbard's company fought at Bunker Hill. 
Other Berwick men were in the expedition through northern 
Maine to Quebec. Some were at Valley Forge, at Springfield, 
Providence, West Point, Peekskill ; others at Camden and 
Falmouth to protect the shipping. Many were in the hardest 
battles of the war. 

The home of Captain Thomas Hodsdon was the house now 
occupied as the Berwick town farm; Captain Samuel Grant 
lived near Conway Junction, in what is now South Berwick ; 
Captain William Rogers lived near Doughty's Falls, in North 
Berwick. The name of Sullivan is better known than that of 
Berwick itself, and needs no comment here. 

w D. s. 

Berwick, Maine. 



Revolutionary Soldiers of Berwick. 



Abbott, Amos, minute man in 1775. 

Benjamin, minute man in 1775; army, 1778; in 

Captain Pray 'a company, 1780. 
Daniel, minute man in 1775; served nine months in 

1778. 
James, served three years, 1777-1780 ; Falmouth, 1780. 
John, minute man in 1775. 
Jonathan, minute man in 1775; prisoner, 1778. 
Simeon, Falmouth, 1780. 
Lieutenant Thomas, 3rd, in the army under Captain 

Hodsdon in 1777. 
Walter, minute man in 1775. 
Andrews, Benjamin, served eight mouths under Gap>tain 
Hodsdon in 1777. 
Elisha, Jr., minute man in 1775. 
Joshua, soldier under Captain Hodsdon in 1777. 
Joshua, t7r.,Caseo or Falmouth, 1780. 
Austin (Astin), Benjamin, army 1776. 

Baxter, Thomas, minute man in 1775. 
Bracket, John, minute man in 1775. 

Joseph, minute man in 1775; Falmouth, 1780. 
Bragdon, John, served three years, 1770-1780. 
Brewer, Thomas, served three years, 1770-1780. 
Brock, Francis, minute man in 1775. 
Butler, Benjamin, son of Charles, at Peekskill under Captain 

Hodsdon for eight months in 1777. 
Charles, (see Benjamin and John Cop) at Peekskill, 

under Captain Hodsdon for eight months in 1777. 



Butler, James, minute man in 1775. 

John Cop, son of Charles, under Captain Hodsdon at 

Peekskill for eight months in 1777. 
John, minute man in 1775. 
Samuel, army, 1776. 
Thomas, prisoner, 1777. 
Chadbourne, Humphrey, Jr., in Ca^^^am Pray's company, 1780. 
Levi, served three years, 1777-1780. 
Scammon, minute man in 1775; army, 1776. 
Simeon, minute man in 1775. 
William, minute man in 1775. 
Chadwick, Jacob, minute man in 1775. 
Clark, Josiah, army, 1776. 

Samuel, Falmouth, 1780. 
Cooper, Alexander, minute mau in 1775; army, 1776; served 

three years, 1777-1780. 
Costello, John, in Captain Fray's company, 1780. 

Davis, John, minute man in 1775; served three years, 1777- 
1780. 

William, served three years, 1777-1780. 
Dearing, John, Falmouth, 1780, 
Downs, Benjamin, army, 1777; served three years, 1777-1780. 

Ichabod, served nine months in 1778. 

James, minute man in 1775 ; served nine mouths in 1778. 

Jedediah, minute man in 1775. 

Lieutenant Joshua, minute man in 1775; in Captain 
Hamilton's company, 1780. 

Earl, see Hearl. 

Emery, Job, minute man in 1775. 

William, minute man in 1775. 
Estes, Joseph, under Captain Hodsdon in 1778. 

Fall, Stephen, minute man in 1775. 
Trustrum, minute man in 1775. 

10 



Ford, Miles, served three years, 1777-1780. 

Robert, army, 1777. 
Foye, .John, in Captain Hamiltou's company, Falmouth, 1780. 
Frost, Abraham, in Cajytain Fray's company, 1780. 
Caleb, minute man in 1775. 
Moses, Jr., served eight months under Captain Hodadou 

at Peekskill in 1777. 
Stephen, minute man in 1775. 
William, in Captain Fray's company, 1780. 
William, ,//•., in Captain Fray's company, 1780. 
Furbush, Daniel, in Captain Fray's company, 1780. 
Jacob, under Captain Grant in 1778. 
Samuel, minute man in 1775. 
F'urnice, John, minute man in 1775. 
Robert, Jr., prisoner, 1781. 
William, army, 1781. 

Gerrish, Alexander, served eight months, 1777. 

Clark, in Cajitain Fray's company, 1780. 

Goodwin, Aaron, prisoner, 1778. 

Adam, Jr., served ten months in 1778. 

Dominicus, army, 1776. 

Ebenezer, minute man in 1775. 

Elijah, army, 1777. 

James, served three years, 1777-1780; in Captain 

Fray's company, 1780. 

James, 3rd, minute man in 1775. 

Captain Jedediah, minute man in 1775; Falmouth, 

1780. 

Nathan, minute man in 1775; prisoner, 1777. 

William, served nine mouths in 1778. 

Graffam, Uriah, served three years, 1777-1780. 

Grant, Alexander, prisoner, 1778. 

Daniel, minute man in 1775. 

Elias, served nine months in 1778. 

Elisha, minute man in 1775. 
11 



Grant, Ca^itain James, 3rd^ minute man in 1775; army, 
1776-1778. 
Caj)tain John, army, 1780. 
Samuel, minute man in 1775. 
Gray, James, minute man in 1775. 

Jonathan, minute man in 1775. 
Guptill, James, minute man in 1775. 
Moses, prisoner, 1778.. 
Samuel, army, 1778. 
Stephen, minute man in 1775. 

Hamilton, John, served three months for Massabesic, 1780; 
Falmouth, 1780; "westward" three months, 
1780. 
Co^jtom Jonathan, minute man in 1775 ; army, 1778- 

1780; in Captain Fray's company, 1780. 
Solomon, in Captain Rieker's company, 1780. 
Hancock, Nathan, Falmouth, 1780. 
Hanson, Aaron, minute man in 1775. 

Henry, served three years, 1777-1780. 
Isaac, Jr., served seven months in 1779. 
Hardison, John, Jr., served three years, 1777-1780; prisoner, 
1778. 
Peter, served three years, 1777-1780. 
Stephen, minute man in 1775; served three years, 

1777-1780. 
Thomas, minute man in 1775. 
Hearl, Ebenezer, served nine months in 1778 and six months at 
West Point in 1780. 
James, served three years, 1777-1780; died in 1778. 
William, Falmouth, 1780. 
Hersom, Samuel, Falmouth, 1780. 
Higgins, Daniel, in Captain Pray's company, 1780. 

Edmund, in Captain Pray's company, 1780. 
Hill, Doctor John, in Captain Pray's company, 1780. 
Hobbs, George, served three months, 1780. 

12 



Hodsdon, Abraham, minute man in 1775. 

Benjamin, served nine months in 1778. 

Daniel, served nine months in 1778; prisoner, 1778. 

James, in Captain Ricker's company, 1780. 

Moses, Jr., minute man in 1775. 

Richard, wounded in 1778. 

Stephen, minute man in 1775; served three years, 
• 1777-1780. 

Stephen, Jr., served three years, 1777-1780. 

Ca/)fam Thomas, army, 1778; Falmouth, 1780. 

William, minute man in 1775; Falmouth, 1780. 
Hooper, William, in Cap^am Hamilton's company, 1780. 
Hovey, Doctor Ivory, in Captain Pray's company, 1780. 
Hubbard, Daniel, minute man in 1775. 

James, minute man in 1775. 

Joseph, minute man in 1775. 

Moses, minute man in 1775; army, 1777; prisoner, 
1778. 

Captain Philip, minute man in 1775; army, 1777. 

Samuel, minute man in 1775. 

Stephen, prisoner, 1778. 
Huntress, Darling, in Captain Ricker's company, 1780. 



Janverin, Jonathan, prisoner, 1778. 
Jenning, John, army, 1779. 

Jones, Ebeuezer, army, 1776; in Captain Hamilton's company, 
1780; Falmouth, 1780. 
Eliphalet, minute man in 1775. 
Stephen, in Captain Hamilton's company ; Falmouth, 

1780. 
William, army, 1776. 



Knight, Benjamin, prisoner, 1778. 
Knox, see Nocks. 

18 



Libhey, Charles, minute man in 1775; served eight months in 
Captain Hodsdon's company in 1777. 
Ebenezer, prisoner, 1778. 
Elisba, minute man in 1775. 

Jeremiah, Jr., minute man in 1775; prisoner, 1778. 
Nathaniel, minute man in 1775; in Captain Pray's 
company, 1780. 
Lord, Aaron, served nine months in 1778. 

Benjamin, 8rd, served nine months in 1778. 

Caleb, minute man in 1775. 

Daniel, served eight mouths in 1777; Falmouth, 1780. 

Daniel, Jr., minute man in 1775. 

David, minute man in 1775. 

Elias, in Captain Grant's company, 1777. 

Humphrey, minute man in 1775. 

Ichsbod, minute man in 1775; prisoner in 1778. 

Jeremiah, 3rd, minute man in 1775. 

John, Jr., army, 1777. 

John, 3rd, served five months in 1778. 

Joseph, Jr., minute man in 1775. 

Captain }\alhiin, Jr., minute man, 1775; army, 1777; 

prisoner in 1781. 
Nathan, Jr., served three years, 1777-1780; in Captain 

Hamilton's company, 1780. 
Nathan, 5/-d, served three years, 1777-1780. 
Nathan, 5th, minute man in 1775. 

Nicholas, 3rd, served six months at West Point in 1780. 
Richard, served three years, 1777-1780. 
Samuel, in Captain Hamilton's company at Falmouth, 

1780. 
Samuel, Jr., served three years, 1777-1780. 
Simeon, minute man in 1775; made /Second Liexitenant; 

served three years, 1777-1780. 
Wentwoith, minute man in 1775. 
William, minute man in 1775. 
Low, Doctor Nathaniel, in Captain Pray's company, 1780. 

14 



Manniag, Richaixl, Falmouth (''to the eastward"), 1780. 

Samuel, served eight months uuder Captain Hodsdon, 
1777. 
Mars, William, served eight months under Captain Hodsdon in 

1777; Falmouth, 1780. 
McGoah (McGuire), Alexander, in Captain Fray's company, 

1780. 
Miles, Guppy, prisoner, 1778. 

Muffat, Thomas, "soldier to the eastward" (Falmouth), 1780. 
Murray, David, served nine months in 1778. 
Thomas, Falmouth, 1780. 
William, Falmouth, 1780. 

Nason, Amos, "soldier to the westward" (West Point) in 

1780, served six months. 
Bartholomew, minute man in 1775. 
Jacob, minute man in 1775; army, 1777. 
Joshua, minute man in 1775. 
Nathaniel, minute man in 1775. 
Nocks, David, Falmouth, 1790. 

Drisco, minute man in 1775. 

James, Jr., minute man in 1775; enlisted for three 

years, 1777-1780; prisoner, 1777. 
John, served three years, 1777-1780. 
Nathan, minute man in 1775. 

Zachariah, army, 1776; served nine months, 1778. 
Zachariah, 3rd, army, 1778. 
Nowell, Mark, served six months "to the westward" (West 

Point), 1780. 

Perkins, Stephen, served eight months at Peekskill, under 

Captnin Hodsdon, in 1777; nine months, 1778. 
Pierce, James, prisoner, 1777. 

William, minute man in 1775. 
Pillsbury, Stephen, prisoner, 1778. 
Pinner, John, served nine months, 1778. 



Pray, Abraham, minute man in 1775. 

Daniel, in Captain Cray's company, 1780. 
Captain Joseph, served 1778-1780. 
Joseph, Jr., minute man in 1775. 
Nathaniel, minute man in 1775. 
Peter, Jr., minute man in 1775. 

Colonel Joseph, in Captain Pray's companj^ 1780; 
Falmouth, 1780. 

Quint, Joshua, minute man in 1775; in Cap)tain Pray's 
company 1780; Falmouth, 1780. 

Randall, Eliphalet, in Captain Rieker's company, 1780. 
Jeremiah, with Captain Hodsdon in 1777. 
Stephen, Falmouth, 1780. 
Ricker, Ezekiel, minute man in 1775; served eight months un- 
der Captain Hodsdon in 1777. 
Henry, in Captain Pray's company, 1780. 
Captain .Joseph, army, 1780. 
Moses, army, 1776 ; in Captain Hamilton's company, 

1780. 
Reuben, served three months at Falmouth, 1 780 ; three 

months "to the westward" (West Point), 1780. 
Richard, Falmouth, 1780. 

Simeon, son of Richard, minute man in 1775; Fal- 
mouth, 1780. 

Timothy, Falmouth, 1780. 
Roberts, Aaron, in Captain Rieker's company, 1780. 

James, minute man in 1775. 
Rogers, Captain William, army, 1777. 
Row, Benjamin, army, 1778. 

Lazeros, prisoner, 1778. 
Sheann, Richard, served six months at West Point, 1780. 
Shorey, John, minute man in 1775; served three years, 
1777-1780. 
Joseph, prisoner, 1778. 

16 



Smith, Daniel, miuute man in 1775. 

James, prisoner, 1778. 
Spencer, Freathy, minute man in 1775. 
Joseph, F'almouth, 1780. 
Moses, Jr.^ minute man in 1775. 
William, soldier, 1780. 
Stackpole, Charles, prisoner, 1778. 
Stanley, Samuel, served three months at Falmouth and three 

months "to the westward" (West Point), 1780. 
Stanton, Isaac, J?'., served nine months in 1778. 

Paul, in Captain Hamilton's company; Falmouth, 
1780. 
Staples, Captain Josiah, army, 1780. 
Sullivan, Benjamin, Falmouth, 1780. 

Ebenezer, minute man in 1775. 

Thompson, John, minute man in 1775 ; enlisted for three years 

in 1777; prisoner, 1778. 
Tibbetts, Ebenezer, in Captain Pray's company, 1780. 

Ephraim, in Captain Hamilton's company ; Falmouth, 

1780. 
Jonathan, minute man in 1775. 
Trask, Daniel, in Captain Pray's company, 1780. 
Tucker, John, Jr., minute man in 1775. 

Wadley, Daniel, minute man in 1775; Sergeant at Falmouth, 
1780. 
Moses, prisoner, 1777; Falmouth, 1780. 
Walker, Edward, prisoner, 1778. 

John, served three months at Falmouth, 1780; three 
months "to the westward" (West Point), 1780. 
Warren, Aaron, served nine months in 1778. 

Gilbert, served eight months in 1777. 
Weighmouth, Benjamin, minute man in 1775; served three 
years, 1777-1780. 
Moses, served nine months in 1778. 

17 



LIBRftRY OF CONGRESS 



-- : III III 

013 995 414 2 



I 



Welch, Paul, minute maD in 1775. 
Wentworth, Richard, served nine months in 1778. 
Samuel, Jr., minute man in 1775. 
Lieuteyiant Timothy, in Captain Fray's company, 
1780. 
Wilkinson, Joseph, Falmouth, 1780. 

Williams, Uriah, Falmouth or Camden for three months; "to 
the westward" (West Point) for three months in 
1780. 
Wise, Jeremiah, minute man in 1775. 
Wood, Daniel, minute man in 1775. 
Woodsom, John, in Captain Fray's company, 1780. 
Worster, Samuel, Jr., minute man in 1776 ; in CaiJtain Hamil- 
ton's company, 1780. 



Young, Philip, in Captain Fray's company, 1780. 

18 



